11-LANGUAGE: Mon 24-Aug

It is indeed important to learn the accepted linguistic conventions of the standard dialect for reasons of communication, clarity and even persuasive style. But it happens to be a historically privileged dialect and is not inherently linguistically better than other, non-standard dialects of English. – CHI LUU

The PREP is as follows:

Complete Week 7 pre-readings [due Monday]

Complete comparison essay [due Monday]

Work on scrapbooks

The aim is to have everyone submit the comparison essay by the due date. If this can happen there will be a substantial reward.